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    How to Generate Texture Maps from a Single Image (in 8 easy steps) By Reinante Martinez Most of the time, realistic surfaces and renders require you to have a fair number of texture types used ­ dfifuse, specular, displacement, roughness, etc. However, if you have no access to specialized software like CrazyBump, Knald, Bitmap2Material, and the like, this can be a problem. In this brief tutorial/article, I’ll show you how you can use one image texture and generate commonly­used texture maps out of it ­ using Blender’s Cycles material nodes. However, the techniques presented here are also applicable with other software packages. By the end of this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding on how to manipulate image textures using a variety of node techniques.

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    How to Generate Texture Maps from a Single Image (in 8 easy steps) By Reinante Martinez Most of the time, realistic surfaces and renders require you to have a fair number of texture types used ­ dfifuse, specular, displacement, roughness, etc. However, if you have no access to specialized software like CrazyBump, Knald, Bitmap2Material, and the like, this can be a problem. In this brief tutorial/article, I’ll show you how you can use one image texture and generate commonly­used texture maps out of it ­ using Blender’s Cycles material nodes. However, the techniques presented here are also applicable with other software packages. By the end of this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding on how to manipulate image textures using a variety of node techniques.

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    How to Generate Texture Maps from a Single Image (in 8 easy steps) By Reinante Martinez Most of the time, realistic surfaces and renders require you to have a fair number of texture types used ­ dfifuse, specular, displacement, roughness, etc. However, if you have no access to specialized software like CrazyBump, Knald, Bitmap2Material, and the like, this can be a problem. In this brief tutorial/article, I’ll show you how you can use one image texture and generate commonly­used texture maps out of it ­ using Blender’s Cycles material nodes. However, the techniques presented here are also applicable with other software packages. By the end of this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding on how to manipulate image textures using a variety of node techniques.

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    How to Generate Texture Maps

    from a Single Image


    (in 8 easy steps)

    Mostofthetime,realisticsurfacesandrendersrequireyoutohaveafairnumberof
    texturetypesuseddfifuse,specular,displacement,roughness,etc.However,ifyouhave
    noaccesstospecializedsoftwarelikeCrazyBump,Knald,Bitmap2Material,andthelike,
    thiscanbeaproblem.

    Inthisbrieftutorial/article,Illshowyouhowyoucanuseoneimagetextureandgenerate
    commonlyusedtexturemapsoutofitusingBlendersCyclesmaterialnodes.However,
    thetechniquespresentedherearealsoapplicablewithothersoftwarepackages.

    Bytheendofthistutorial,youshouldhaveabasicunderstandingonhowtomanipulate
    imagetexturesusingavarietyofnodetechniques.

    Optional downloads

    starter.blendfile
    finished.blendfile
    woodplankstexture (externallink)

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    Software used

    Blender2.74
    Cycles

    Ready?Letsgo!
    1 Basic Material Setup

    Tostartoff,prepareasimpleDiffuseandGlossymaterialmixturewithanimagetextureas
    diffuseinput.Notprettyatthemoment,butwellimprovethisinthenextsteps.

    2 Creating Diffuse Gradient

    Thisstepistotallyoptionalbutaddingitcanaddthatbitofrealismtoyourshader,atleast
    formepersonally.)

    Createthegradienteffectonthediffuseshaderbyusingan RGBCurves
    (Add>Color>
    RGBCurves) nodetodarkenthebasecolorand mix (Add>Shader>MixShader)
    this
    withtheoriginaldiffusenodeusingaLayerWeight (Add>Input>LayerWeight)
    as
    factor.



    3 Creating the Specular Map

    TheSpecMapisatexturetypethatdictateswhichpartsareglossy/specularbasedonthe
    grayscalevaluesthatithas.FortunatelyinBlender,thisisaseasyasattachingan
    RGBto
    BW (Add>Converter>RGBtoBW)
    node tothebaseimageandcontrollingtheinfluence
    witha
    ColorRamp node (Add>Converter>ColorRamp).

    4 Adding Physically-based Shading

    Inreality,nonmetallic/dielectricobjectsandsurfacesproducemoredefinedreflectionsat
    grazingangles,alsoreferredtoasfresnelreflectance.

    Usingtheinformationwehavefromthe LayerWeightnodeinstep2,wewill
    subtract
    (Add>Converter>Math)thevaluewiththeSpecMapgeneratedinstep3.

    WewillthenusetheoutputofthisnodesetupastheFactorinputfortheMixShader.This
    achievestwoeffectsinone:
    fresnelreflectanceand
    specularitymap.

    5 Creating the Roughness Map

    ThismapbasicallytellsBlenderwhichpartsoftheshaderhasroughglossysurfaces.To
    dothis,simplyaddanother
    ColorRamp nodeandusethesame RGBtoBW nodethatwe
    usedinthepreviousstepsas
    Factorinput.

    AttachtheColoroutputofthe
    ColorRamp
    nodetothe
    Roughness
    inputofthe
    Glossy
    BSDF node.Wenowhaveapseudoroughnessmaskthatwecantweakhoweverwewish
    viatherampsoftheColorRampnode.

    6 Creating the Normal Map

    Itworksmorelikeaworkaroundcomparedtowhatyouwouldnormallyachievewhen
    usingdedicatednormalmaps,buttheeffectsarerelativelycloseandindistinguishable.

    AddaBump node(Add>Vector>Bump) andattachthe


    Value
    outputofthe
    RGBtoBW
    nodeintoits
    Height input.Toseetheeffectsontheshaders,connecttheNormal
    output
    intothe
    Normal inputsofthecorrespondingshaders.

    7 Creating the Displacement Map

    Derivingthesametechniquespreviouslydiscussed,wellbecreatingthematerialbump,
    ontopofthealreadyexistingnormalmaps,forevenmorerealism.

    AttachtheValueoutputofthe
    RGBtoBW nodetoa
    ColorRamp nodeandadjustthe
    sliders,creatingacompacttransitionfrompureblacktopurewhite.

    Adda
    Mathnodesetto
    Multiply
    andattachittothe
    Displacement inputofthe
    Output
    node.Thevalueinthesecondsliderdictatesthismapsintensity.



    8 Creating the Cavity Map

    Inconjunctionwiththedisplacementmap,thistypeofmapwillimplyeffectslikedustand
    dirtforminginthecrevices,occlusioneffect,andthelike.

    Adda DiffuseBSDF nodeandsetittoclosetodarkgray(orsomethingsimilar)andmixit


    viaaMixShader nodewiththeexistingshadermixture(DiffuseandGlossy)thatwehad
    earlier.

    Nowwejustneedtospecifywhichpartswillhavethecavitymasks.Adda ColorRamp
    nodelikewedidin
    step7
    andinsteadofusingpureblackfortheleftcolorslider,usea
    grayishcolor.



    Andfinally,connectthe
    Color
    outputofthe
    ColorRamp
    nodetothe
    Factor
    inputofthe
    MixShader .

    Conclusion

    Theprocedures,techniques,andworkaroundspresentedhereareonlytouchingthe
    surfaceofwhatispossiblewithnodes.Incombinationwithothereffectslikescratches,
    surfacedusts,andthelike,thiswillbeapowerfuladditiontoyourworkflowasanartist.

    Ihighlysuggestyoutoexplorefurther,breakdownwhatIhavepresented,andeventually
    comeupwithsomethingmoreintuitiveandeffective.

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